When The Left Had Destroyed Most Grammar Schools - They Did Not Stop!

'As for the last Labour government, what passed for its education policy was, in fact, a cynical attempt to bring bright children from hard-working families down to the level of unambitious children from disadvantaged ones, rather than the other way round.' Simon Heffer.
And of course, that is just Labour. What have the Tories done to reverse this?
Did P.M. Heath not follow through with the previous Labour government's plan to destroy countless excellent grammar schools?
Did Margaret Thatcher attempt to reverse the trend?
Major? - Hah!
Why does Cameron so hate the grammars? - Coz he is just one more liberal leftie with a public school education. 'Pull the ladder up behind me!'
(For the benefit of non-British readers a grammar school was based on a belief in meritocracy. Public schools are VERY expensive private schools.)

The irony of course, is that it was Labour who were largely behind the institution of free access grammars and Labour who turned agin 'em when they succeeded in helping working class children like me; like my wife; like virtually all of my oldest friends.